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VAR scandal in Copa Libertadores as VAR forgets about defender!

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Cerro Porteno were on the end of a calamitous VAR decision. DAZN
Cerro Porteno were on the end of a calamitous VAR decision. DAZN
Paraguayan side Cerro Porteno are furious with CONMEBOL and rightly so. They lost 0-2 in the first leg of the last 16 first leg tie with Fluminense and they had a goal disallowed by the linesman. Replays showed the goal was legal, but the VAR forgot about a defender at the bottom and drew the lines from the wrong defender.

Cerro Porteno are fuming with VAR after wrongly having a goal disallowed at 0-0. The goal was legal, but the VAR drew the lines from the wrong defender. 

In what should have been a simple factual decision for the VAR, Cesar Deichler of Chile, drew the lines from a defender in the middle instead of the one at the bottom who was playing him on. 

In Cerro Porteno's Copa Libertadores last 16 clash with Fluminense, Boselli made it 1-0 for the hosts in the 42nd minute, the linesman raised his flag, the referee waited for the move to end and then blew his whistle. 

The VAR drew lines and confirmed that Boselli was in front of the last defender. However, this was not the case as the VAR, on zooming in on the action, had forgotten about the defender at the bottom and the goal did not count. 

Cerro Porteno called for the game to be replayed and for the officials to be dismissed. The match will not be replayed, despite CONMEBOL admitting their mistake, but the referees have been suspended. 

In a 2022 World Cup qualifier in June, Uruguay had a goal wrongly disallowed versus Paraguay as the VAR said a Uruguayan was offside despite him not playing the ball. The VAR and AVAR in that match were barred from the Copa America and suspended for all CONMEBOL matches.